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Procurement profession regulation long overdue
While there are so many bodies that have been set up to regulate their professions, I wish to take this opportunity to applaud BICA for the stellar job they have been doing over the years in advocating for the Accounting profession. The objective of...
Correspondent 16 October 2020
Back page this week: BFA coy on appeals
Staff Writer 16 October 2020
Inside page this week: Art exhibition captures COVID-19 pandemic
Staff Writer 16 October 2020
Inside page this week: BPOPF returns defy COVID-19, jump 10%
Staff Writer 16 October 2020
Front page this week: Showdown looms over COVID-19 allowances
Staff Writer 16 October 2020
Concern as top positions elude women
Following the elections, Lobito Ncube is the only woman elected into the BFA National Executive Committee (NEC), with five others falling by the wayside. “Sport is a microcosm of the society. In our society the role of women in leadership has...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 16 October 2020
Uncle Joe: Softball's unsung hero
Young and old adore Joseph Thebeetsile Kgosiemang’s under-the-radar contribution to softball. His health might be failing him, but softball lovers both young and old know him as Bra Joe. He has been part of the sport for more than four...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 16 October 2020
Ntshingane knocks at the door of football's top job
Masego Ntshingane was part of a great Zebras side that gained countrywide fame through unrelenting impressive displays. The side, led by Serbian Jelusic Veselin was the darling of a success-starved nation, with Ntshingane as one of the conductors of...
Mqondisi Dube
| 16 October 2020
BFA election packs a punch
Social media was a hive of activity last Saturday as scores of Botswana Football Association (BFA) delegates convened to elect a new committee. Spread across four venues, the virtual meeting did not disappoint, particularly at the ballot. The...
Mqondisi Dube
| 16 October 2020
BFA writes to FIFA over transfer window
Orapa and Galaxy are preparing for CAF club assignments, but are unable to sign players as the local transfer window is only due to open in December. Galaxy would compete in the CAF Champions League while Orapa United play in the Confederations...
Koketso Kgoboge 16 October 2020
Clubs urged to help with mental issues
However, TAFIC centre back and former national player Gobonyeone Selefa has said that the trend in which coaches bear the responsibility of ‘improvised psychologists or social workers’ has to stop. He stated that there is need for clubs...
Chakalisa Dube
| 16 October 2020
Softball officials trade hard blows
The meeting was organised by southern zone general manager, Naletsana Ditsele in order to update affiliates from the south on a number of issues affecting the sport. Amongst some of the issues, it was reported that clubs would share the BoFiNeT...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 16 October 2020
BFA coy on appeals
This week, it emerged that Maokaneng Bontshetse, who lost to Marshlow Motlogelwa in the first BFA vice president contest, had challenged the outcome. Bontshetse wants the results to be nullified, after one of the votes was discarded as a spoilt...
Mqondisi Dube
| 16 October 2020
Mafoko ao ga a tshwane
Ngwaga ono, re utlwa fa lefatshe ka bophara le wetswe ke seru ga twe Covid 19. Go leka go lwantsha bolwetse jo, re kgaolelwa mesepele, re tswalelwe mo malwapeng, re se ke re tsamaye jaaka re ne re tle re nne re tsamaye. Go ntse jaana, ditiro dingwe...
Sebofo Motshwane 16 October 2020
Ethical teaching: Teachers showing true leadership!
Teaching is the specialized application of knowledge, skills and attributes designed to provide unique service to meet the educational needs of the individual and society. The choice of learning activities whereby the goals of education are realised...
Mmaotho Segotso 16 October 2020
Wasting a crisis!
In my early secondary school years, my father would bring books home, every now and then. One of the books was on the construction of the Hoover Dam in the USA. Fascinated by the book title, I struggled, against severe limitations, to comprehend the...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 16 October 2020
UDC
Selefu 16 October 2020
Dear farmers: It's your time to blossom
Agriculture has however failed to be a key contributor to the country’s economy. Yet now, in the midst of the Coronavirus, when all other sectors are collapsing, Agriculture has raised its hand to rescue the situation, being the only sector to...
Mmegi Editor
| 16 October 2020
A tribute to Archibald Makgothi
My phone had been on silent, as I usually have it so in order not to be awoken in the middle of the night whilst enjoying my deep slumber mostly by cantankerous clients running away from police whilst under the influence. When I saw the missed...
Correspondent 16 October 2020
Civil society could make joint responses a reality
Whether it is the HIV/AIDS pandemic, Ebola, or the global financial crisis, civil society groups have been there, advocating for civil rights, advancing the cause for indigenous and marginalised groups, or demanding action on gender-based violence...
Bakang Ntshingane 16 October 2020
IMF raises Botswana 2021 growth forecast
According to the IMF’s eagerly awaited October update of the World Economic Outlook released on Tuesday, researchers at the Washington-based institution expect the local economy to grow by 8.7 percent next year, from their July estimate of 8.6...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 16 October 2020
EU lives up to its threat, lists Botswana as high ML/TF risk
In deciding to list Botswana, the EU relied upon the Mutual Evaluation (ME) undertaken in June 2016 by the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG), which is a Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Regional Body. But since the...
Correspondent 16 October 2020
BITC restrains targets amidst COVID-19 crunch
Annually, the BITC, which is the country’s lead agency for attracting investment and promoting exports, increases its targets by a minimum of 10%. For the current financial year, which began in April, the BITC will keep to the same targets it...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 16 October 2020
BPOPF returns defy COVID-19, jump 10%
The fund, which holds the pensions of thousands of civil servants, reportedly has assets of above P73 billion, having closed at about P66 billion in the year ended March 31, 2020. The fund’s performance comes as world economies shake from the...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 16 October 2020
Discovering A Pearl Worth A Price becomes a Christian gem
“Discovering A Pearl Worth A Price is my first ever book to publish. It consists of five chapters namely, Miracle Into Divinity, Identity And Coding, Dimensions Of worship, The Pearl Of A Great Price and The Prophetic Ministry. The book is a...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 16 October 2020
Mokenti's Survivor attracts positive response
Mokenti also known as Sygosh told Arts & Culture that Survivor Samanyika uses his native Shona language in the song. “Ndhendhe is an Afro Pop song with an African feel. The song talks about how women do not want men who build our...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 16 October 2020
FWB goes digital
In an interview with Arts & Culture, the co-founder of the fashion show,Tebo Bakwena Kabisoso said FWB 2020 was forgoing its usual schedule entirely and doing its own digital event on between October 15 and October 16, 2020. I will be under the...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 16 October 2020
Suave is Gaborone's culinary go to
Suave lounge and restaurant marketing coordinator, Laura Sekwababe recently told the media during an engagement brunch that they are here to make a difference to the dining and social scene of Gaborone. “Our main aim here at Suave is to give...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 16 October 2020
Monna O Motona BW's famous cat Milo ‘killed'
This five-year-old cat was owned by a local comedian, Monna O Motona BW and featured in many of his videos. “Milo passed away on October 12, 2020. Unknown people in the neighbourhood of Mmadinare ‘murdered’ him. Milo was more like...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 16 October 2020
Talented actress poised to make history
Moletsane is now at the voting stage, where the public has to vote till the end of October in order for her video to make it to the top 20. If she makes it to the top 20 they she would have qualified and then at 16th it is up to the judges to take...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 16 October 2020
Art exhibition captures COVID- 19 pandemic
In pursuit of the dream, the exhibition is currently open at Thapong Visual Arts Centre gallery and is also available virtually on digital platforms. The exhibition will run until the end of this month. This art exhibition that was open to artists...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 16 October 2020
Gov't, unions to kickstart fresh wage talks
Appearing before a Parliamentary committee this week, trade unionists said the employer, the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM), had mastered the “art of delay” in resuscitating the PBSC. The said PBSC meetings should...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 16 October 2020
COVID-19 exacerbates GBV crisis
Speaking during the official opening of the national workshop on COVID-19 and GBV held at Hilton Hotel recently, Sadek said the lockdowns and other restrictions halted efforts put in place to fight the scourge, which remains a major concern for the...
Pini Bothoko
| 16 October 2020
Tug of war over Mujangi evidence settled
The origin of the document is traceable to the time when Mujangi allegedly visited Pastor Milidzani Sox of the Breath Life Church for assistance. It was during the visit when Mujangi allegedly confessed to murdering his former girlfriend,...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 16 October 2020
Demand for firearm permits increases
Speaking during the 2020 arms raffle draw held at the Botswana Police Service headquarters recently, Marathe said the rise has forced the Bboard to increase the number of permits from 50 to 75 this year. She stated that the decision was reached in...
Pini Bothoko
| 16 October 2020
Ex-UNIGEM employees demand P3.5m
The 15 ex-employees are jointly demanding P3, 498, 485.25 plus interest at the rate of 10% from UNIGEM. The sum includes part of the plaintiffs’ outstanding monthly salaries which the employer had failed to pay in full as well as terminal...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 16 October 2020
Davids' alleged killer pleads guilty
Appearing briefly in court on Wednesday, Mokgalemi Maleya who is the second accused in the matter, indicated through his attorney Opeyemi Ajayi that he intends to tender a plea of guilty for the charge. “Yesterday I indicated to the court with...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 16 October 2020
Ex-BCL miner escapes hangman's noose
The accused, Khumoetsile Mantswe, was convicted of murdering Masedi Tshime on December 30, 2016 at Lesenepole village in the Central District. Mantswe was convicted on his own plea of guilt to the murder. When delivering ruling on extenuation,...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 16 October 2020
Domestic Bliss empowers unemployed youth
The scholarship programme is aimed at assisting unemployed youth acquire necessary skills in domestic duties. Three partners who got a franchise license from the parent company based in South Africa started the academy. The institution later got...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 16 October 2020
In defence of Sekati
Nowhere in recent memory has an educated, mid-life preacher boldly poked anti-polygamy proponents in the manner he has done, in the process sparking a raging debate that does not promise to die soon. For the debate on polygamy is not an easy one....
Greg Kelebonye 16 October 2020
Calls for calm as FMD breaks out
The dreaded disease was reported last week by the Director of Veterinary Services, Letlhogile Modise who said the suspected outbreak was in the Nxamasere extåension area of the Okavango sub-district. Masedi told Mmegi that the ministry...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 16 October 2020
Balance cost-reflective tariffs with national interest – Seretse
In a recent interview, Seretse explained that apart from determining tariffs charged by service providers like BPC, BERA also has an ethical responsibility to protect and promote the interests of customers, consumers and other users by ensuring that...
Staff Writer 16 October 2020
BPF beckons as Reatile weighs options
Information reaching this publication indicates that Reatile has been consulting with his constituents after his party, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), slapped him with a 60-day suspension. Reatile was suspended after the party’s...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 16 October 2020
PSP grilled over ‘politically tainted' senior appointments
However the Permanent Secretary to the President, Elias Magosi brushed off the accusations, saying he fully applied himself in “a thorough process” in making appointments. The face off between Magosi and legislators took place on...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 16 October 2020
Assault, rape fears haunt 'terrified' nurses
Due to the situation, BONU has intensified its calls for government to beef up security for health workers on duty especially for those who work on night shifts. “This is a long outstanding and burning issue,” BONU president, Obonolo...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 16 October 2020
DPSM, civil servants lock horns on COVID-19 risk allowance
The two sides are divided over the definition of ‘frontline worker’ with the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) arguing that these are workers also classified as ‘essential service’ whose absence could result in...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 16 October 2020
BPF tails up as opposition talks start
Amongst other matters, the parties will explore how best they can support each other during by-elections. Despite the recent feuding in the opposition, the prospect of a coalition or a formal working arrangement amonsgt the UDC, BPF and the AP has...
Chakalisa Dube
| 16 October 2020
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